'India are blessed to have him'

A counter attacking century from Hardik Pandya helped India recover after a rather ordinary show by the middle order to help the side go past 450. Among the stand out feature of his knock was the onslaught against Pushpakumara, where he hit the left-armer for 26 runs in one over. In the process, he went on to register, in only his third innings, his maiden Test ton and also became the first Indian to score 100 runs before Lunch. Not surprisingly, cricket lovers from around the world heaped praise on him. Here are some of the tweets:

Happy to use the word "memorable" for this century from @hardikpandya7. There is class here